- Prev close
- $233.93
- Day range
- $233.20 – $248.35
- From 52-wk high
- -20.1%
- Next earnings
- in 86 days
Datadog’s 19.0% drop looks stock-specific rather than market-driven, with the move occurring against only a -0.2% S&P 500 and -0.4% Nasdaq 100. The business still shows 29.5% revenue growth, but the valuation is extreme at 601.6 times earnings and the session reads as a sharp repricing of a richly valued name.
DDOG
DATADOG INC - CLASS A
As of Aug 6, 2026
28/100
Deserves your attentionHealth ScoreWhy it moved
The move is primarily stock-specific: DDOG fell 19.0% even though the S&P 500 was down only -0.2% and the Nasdaq 100 was down -0.4%. The intraday path also matters: it opened at $227.45, traded as high as $243, and finished at $229.29 after a low of $225.26, which shows a weak session that sold off from the open rather than a broad-market drift. No same-sector peer move is provided in the facts, so the cleanest read is that the decline reflects company-specific repricing, not the market backdrop.
Volatility check
This is more than ordinary volatility. The stock’s beta is 1.58, so it should move more than the market, but a 19.0% drop is still large relative to that backdrop. Fundamentals are mixed rather than broken: revenue is +29.5% YoY on a TTM basis and +32.1% YoY in the latest quarter, while gross margin is +79.9%; against that, EPS is -17.9% YoY, operating margin is -0.7%, and net margin is only +3.7%. Valuation is the key amplifier: PE 601.6 and forward PE 99.3 leave very little room for disappointment, and the PEG 39.52 is not meaningful here because EPS growth is negative. In plain terms, the business is still growing quickly, but the price is set up for abrupt repricing when expectations slip.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is not available this period, so I can’t anchor the preview to a confirmed report date. The most relevant forward-looking figures in the facts are revenue +29.5% YoY TTM, latest quarter +32.1% YoY, EPS -17.9% YoY TTM, gross margin +79.9%, operating margin -0.7%, and net margin +3.7%. The main items the market would still be looking for are whether revenue growth is sustaining at roughly the +30% pace, whether operating margin can move out of -0.7%, and whether earnings can stop contracting at -17.9% YoY. Prior-print reaction history is not available in the facts, so I won’t infer a pattern that isn’t provided.
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